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8&sol;11 From Seathwaite&comma; up Walna Scar then Brown Pike&comma; Buck Pike&comma; Dow Crag&comma; Brim Fell&comma; Little How Crags&comma; Great How Swirl Band&comma; Swirl How&comma; Great Carrs&comma; Grey Friar&comma; then down to Seathwaite tarn on delightful path and round to Long Crag - through Bracken and back down valley on Bridleway to High Tongue &lpar;High Tongue is an awful struggle in tussocks but not for too long - climb it from South rather than North and it will be shorter for you&rpar;&period; 7 hours&period;

Solo walk as part of my annual pilgrimage&comma; circular walk started at Walna Scar Road and completed summits of Walna Scar&comma; Brown Pike&comma; Buck Pike&comma; Dow Crag&comma; Coniston Old Man&comma; Brim Fell&comma; Swirl How and Great Carrs&period; &lpar; and back to Swirl How to be able to descend via The Prison and Levers Water to return to my start point&period;

From Wrynose Pass up to Wetside Edge to Little Carrs&comma;Great Carrs & onto Swirl How down over How Grags & up to Brim Fell & 'busy' The Old Man&comma; back over Brim Fell then contour path round & up to Grey Friar the Wetside Edge & down to the Pass&comma; v cool breeze till mid afternoon&comma; warmer&comma;less breezy & increasing sunshine early evening onwards&period;&period;

apricorum

22/09/2018

Headed over from Great Friars easy path nothing difficult&period; stopped off to visit war memorial&period; with Richie&period;

From Wetherlam&comma; back up the leg killer Prison band and back to the summit of Swirl How we made our way FINALLY to Great Carrs&period; Before the summit we stopped and looked around the plane crash memorial with was as fascinating as it was eerie and moving&period; From there the short walk to the summit&period; Much like Swirl How great views from the head of the valley down to Windermere and beyond&period; Absolutely brilliant day this one&period; just the short steep trip back to the car parked on Wynrose pass&period;

Scotty 2 Hotty

21/06/2018

Beautiful day &lpar;24 degrees and sunny&excl;&rpar; Old Man of Coniston&comma; Brim Fell&comma; Little How Crag&comma; Great How Crag&comma; Swirl How&comma; Great Carrs&comma; Grey Friar and Little Carrs and Hell Gill Pike

Fionalevey

30/05/2018

From Swirl How

Cyclistno1

06/05/2018

Completed - planned to do with Grey Friar but due to bad weather
&NewLine;turned back after Great Carrs&period; Grey Friar due to be my &num;100th WW&comma; so a bit disappointed not to bag this one today

From car park above Heathwaite&comma; across Braidy Beck ascended Old Man of Coniston via Low Water tarn&period; On to Dow Crag via Goat Hawse&period; Retrace steps and ascend Brim Fell&period; Follow ridge to Lervers Hawse took path that contours around Swirl How to Fairfield and ascend Grey Friars&period; Return to Fairfield and ascend Great Carrs and Swirl How&period; Descent to Swirl Hawse and Levers Water&comma; contour around to Grey Crag to the Pudding Stone and Crowberry Haws and return to car park&period;

From Walna Scar CP&period; Up Coniston Old Man&comma; on to BrimFell&comma; Swirl How&comma;Great Carrs&comma;Grey Friar & Wetherlam&period; Back to CP via Coppermines Road&period;

Wandyone23

13/08/2017

Parked on one of the 5 or 6 small hardstanding areas&comma; just E&period; of Wrynose summit  After mopping up 3 Birketts missed on previous walks i&period;e&period; Hell Gill Pike&comma; Little Carrs & Great Carrs&comma; returned to car via summits of Swirl How & Great Carrs&comma; both of which were previously bagged in February 1979&period; &lpar;PM&rpar;

14&sol;05&sol;2017&Tab;Coniston Fells Weatherlam&comma; Swirl How&comma; Great Carrs&comma; Grey Frier&comma; Brim Fell&comma; Coniston Old Man and finishing on Dow Crag Wonderful day if a little windy up there

13 mile walk from Coniston village up the Coppermines road&comma; bearing right to climb Wetherlam then going on to Swirl How&comma; Gt Carrs&comma; Grey Friar&comma; Brim Fell&comma; Coniston Old Man and Dow Crag&comma; descending via Buck Pike and Brown Pike and Walna Scar road back to the car&period;

Philip A

03/04/2017

Coniston round

screeleep

02/04/2017

Parked at Birk's Bridge car park&comma; Little Stand&comma; Cold Pike&comma; Wrynose Pass&comma; Great Carrs&comma; Grey Friar&period; A mixture of sun and clouds with no visibility from the tops of Great Carrs and Great Friar with some snow falling and already on the ground&period;

Up from top of Wrynose Pass on pleasant&comma;calm Autumnal afternoon-Hell Gill Pike-Little Carrs-Great Carrs-Grey Friar&period;With Catman&period;

oscarrosie

20/10/2016

With Oscar&period;

ali&bsol;&bsol;&bsol;'s2ndround

20/10/2016

Parked below the Three Shires Stone then uphill via Wet Side Edge to Little Carrs&comma; then a very windy Great Carrs before heading over to the Windy Grey Friar before returning via the scenic cairn of Hell Gill Pike&period;

As part of a walk with Andy from the top of Wrynose pass&period; Easy route finding&period;

JohnStoneham

04/10/2016

ghaley

03/10/2016

A circular route taking in a number of peaks to the north of Coniston&colon; Wetherlam&comma; Swirl How&comma; Great Carrs Little Carrs and Greenburn&period; Glorious autumn weather&comma; amazing views&period; With Manchester hiking&period;

Lazylizzie

02/10/2016

Great carrs&comma; grey friar&comma; swirl how & weatherlam

Tobo1969

30/09/2016

Set off from 3 shires up Great Carrs and Swirl How then over to Wetherlam&period; Back to SH then over to Dow Crag&period; Didn't have the energy to do Grey Friar - next time&period; Walked with Lizzie - 6&period;5 hours&period;

From the 3 Shires stone&period; Hell Gill Pike&comma; Little Carrs&comma; Great Carrs&comma; Swirl How&comma; Great How &lpar;Swirl Bands&rpar; &comma; Little How Crags&comma; Brim Fell&comma; Coniston Old Man and Grey Friar&period; Cloudy at first but great views when the cloud lifted&excl;

AlunRees31

30/07/2015

From the 3 Shires stone&period; Hell Gill Pike&comma; Little Carrs&comma; Great Carrs&comma; Swirl How&comma; Great How &lpar;Swirl Bands&rpar; &comma; Little How Crags&comma; Brim Fell&comma; Coniston Old Man and Grey Friar&period; Cloudy at first but great views when the cloud lifted&excl;

From Coniston&comma; via&comma; Coniston Fells&comma; Above Back Fells&comma; Wetherlam&comma; Prison Band&comma; Swirl How&comma; Little Carrs&comma; Hinning House Fell&comma; Great How Craggs&comma;&comma; Little How Craggs&comma; The Old Man Of Coniston&comma; Goats Water&comma; The Cove&comma; Back to Coniston  21K in total snow above 650m Cold wind on high area&comma; great walk&period;

Went up for the memorial service at the Halifax crash site&period; The silence was observed by myself and a dozen others plus 2 dogs&period;
&NewLine;Snow on the ground&comma; blue almost cloudless skies and not overly cold&period;

Baz Baziah

10/11/2013

Beautiful weather hike with Ian and Louise&period; Route from Wrynose Bottom to Skelwith Bridge&comma; using two cars&comma; over 11&period;5 miles and 6 summits&colon;-
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&NewLine;Little Carrs - Hell Gill Pike - Grey Friar - Great Carrs - Swirl How - Black Fell&period;
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&NewLine;Wonderful clear view of Scafell range from Grey Friar&comma; and early evening from Black Fell looking back up Langdales&period; Interesting but sad story of the plane crash on Great Carrs&period; Path down from Swirl Hause into Greenburn very indistinct &lpar;lost it several times&excl;&rpar;&period; Had late lunch in Three Shires Inn&comma; Little Langdale&comma; before the Black Fell section&period;

mavero10

28/09/2013

The greatest peak bagging day yet&excl; Starting from Walna Scar car park&comma; along Walna Scar road&comma; a detour up Walna Scar hill&comma; then Brown Pike&comma; Buck Pike&comma; Dow Crag&comma; The Old Man&comma; Brim Fell&comma; Little How Crag&comma; Great How Crag&comma; Grey Friar&comma; Hell Gill Pike&comma; Little Carrs&comma; Great Carrs&comma; a brief pause to pay respects at the monument&comma; Swirl How&comma; down Prison BandArond Levers Water and the mine as it was getting dark and got back to the car as the lights went out&period; Next time remember torch & glasses&excl;

Having missed this on the way out&comma; we returned to Wrynose pass by traversing around from Prison Band&comma; then up through the cliffs - a much more exciting way&excl; Passed lots of wreckage&period;

On a snowy walk in the Coniston Fells&period; See my blog post for more details&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;alistairpooler&period;co&period;uk&sol;2013&sol;02&sol;a-snowy-day-in-coniston-fells&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;alistairpooler&period;co&period;uk&sol;2013&sol;02&sol;a-snowy-day-in-coniston-fells&period;html<&sol;a>

alistairpooler

15/02/2013

snow and dark

dgoode

23/01/2013

With&colon; hb sb ab&semi; From Seathwaite in Duddon we walked up track to Seathwaite Tn then up Grey Friar & across to Great Carrs&period; SE to Swirl How & Great How down to Brim Fell & Coniston Old Man&period; Then Goat's Hause up to Dow Crag round to Brown Pike & back down&period;

Big walk from Wrynose over Hell's Gill Pike&comma; Little Carrs&comma; Great Carrs&comma; Swirl How&comma; Great How&comma; Brim Fell and Coniston Old Man&period; Return to Wrynose with a visit to Dow Crag and Grey Friar&period;

monster round of 7 wainwrights and 3 further birketts&period; starting at road head on coniston end of walna scar road&comma; 19k and around 1200m of ascent&period;
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&NewLine;wreckage of the crashed Halifax in cairn below summit&comma; summit proper is an airy perch&comma; further wreckage of

Did this with Kath&comma; Sore paws and Pumpkin pup&period; Parked at the top of the Wrynose pass&period; Second peak of the day&period; Did this one on the way back from Grey Friar&period; Sunny cold autumnal day&period;

Coniston Round starting from Coniston&period; Started off nice but tops were in cloud&period; Very strong winds on the tops&period;

ClaireCalverley

09/07/2011

Drove to Coniston with Scott on a sunny day to start the walk&period; Ascended Dow Crag by Goats Water and Goats Hause then went along to Old Man Coniston&period; Then went along the ridge taking in Brim Fell before reaching the summit of Swirl How&period; Detoured to the su

A glorious sunny day&period; Climbed this with a host of nearby hills for a fantastic walk&period;

JohnStoneham

14/06/2011

Great day playing out with Rob - did 4 Wainwrights&period;&period;&period;&period; to Swirl How across Grey Friar and Great Carrs - up and down in 2 hours&excl; Then scrambled up onto Hard Knott before it rained&period;

Cairn on summit&period; Good views of Swirl How and Greenburn Beck over the cliffs

knavesandblades

09/09/2009

Next stop after Swirl How and not a great sense of achievement as it's only a 5-minute bimble from there &lpar;better to come up from the North&rpar;&period; More interesting is the memorial cairn and plane wreck much of which still lies under the summit&period;

Lairdy

08/08/2009

With Sail&comma; Evan & Eire&period;

Dangerous Dave

08/08/2009

Day out walking the Coniston Fells&period;Visited Crash on the way up&period;

3rd Round of the Nuttalls&NewLine;A very cold day with high winds frozen snow which required the use of crampons&period; Walk from the top of Wrynose Pass taking in HELL GILL PIKE&comma; GREY FRIAR&comma; SWIRL HOW&comma; LITTLE CARRS and GREAT CARRS&period; With Liz

Followed the cliff edge round to the top of this one&comma; interesting plane wreckage

robdarfi

20/12/2008

with Tony&comma; Neil&comma; Steve&comma; Brian and Alan&comma; a round from Seathwaite&comma; Dunnerdale

Lou

20/11/2008

climbed as part of the full coniston round

robert

01/09/2008

DAY 25&period; WAINWRIGHT 97&period; NUTTALL 52&period; A CIRCUIT OF THE CONISTON FELLS WITH 7 WAINWRIGHTS &sol; NUTTALLS&period; GOT LOST ON THE WAY UP WETHERLAM AND THE DAY WAS MISTY BUT DRY&period;

BURGESS

07/08/2008

It was very quick and when we got there it was so misty we couldn't see any mountains&period; We wanted to go on to Grey Friar but it was so misty that we couldn't see where it was&period;

Connor

23/07/2008

From Three Shires Stone via Wet Side Edge to Grey Friar then on to Swirl How and finally back over Great Carrs with Mary&period; Beautiful day with blue skies and sun then clouding over towards mid afternoon&period;

Start ~ 276026&comma; Three Shires Stone&period; Climbed Wet Side Edge up to Great Carrs then continued to grey Friar&comma; Swirl Howe&comma; Black sails and Wetherlam&period; Descended Birk Fell before dropping into Greenburn valley and climbing the lower end of Wet side edge to return to the Three Shires Stone&period; With Wombourne & Ron&period;

Walked from Coniston on my own in bright sunny weather&period; Bagged this again on a much colder day with my daughter Rebecca on 31&period;3&period;08 and on my own again on a sunny Autumn day on 1&period;10&period;11&period;

Linear walk from Broughton Moor up to Little Langdale via the Old Man of Coniston&period; Group of 7 teenagers &plus; 1 ML &lpar;Russ&rpar; shadowing me leading&period;
&NewLine;Followed forest track to right of River Lickle onto Caw Moss to Walna Scar Road&period; Brown Pike &lpar;682&rpar;&semi; Buck Pike &lpar;744&rpar; stopping for lunch on Dow Crag&period; Up to The Old Man &lpar;803&rpar; via Goats Hawse&period; North to Swirl How &lpar;802&rpar; and onto Great Carrs&comma; visited Halifax memorial and viewed the wreckage below&period; Dropping down to Little Langdale via Wet Side Edge to Fell Foot&period; Little or no breeze&comma; very hot with little cloud cover&period;

With Jo&comma; circular walk from Low Tilberthwaite&colon; Through the quarries and mines to Wetherlam Edge&comma; Wetherlam&comma; Black Sails&comma; Swirl How&comma; Great Carrs&comma; Little Carrs&comma; Hell Gill Pike&comma; down ridge to Greenburn Beck and then alongside wall SE over pass to car&period; Weather&colon; sunny but a cool wind&comma; very good visibility&period;

Climbed from top of Wrynose Pass&comma; aged 4&period; Also 28&sol;11&sol;10&period;

Mark Jackson

16/05/1996

With Helen

bedrockgin1

01/01/1996

2&sol;3

ollismark

20/09/1994

Parked at Wrynose Pass and walked up Wet Side Edge&period; Full winter conditions&period; Deep snow and horizontal hoar frost and icycles&period; Saw plane wreck and onto Little and Great Carrs&comma; Swirl How&comma; down to Prison Band and up onto Wetherlam&period;

Inspired by 'Classic Walks' a solo round of all 10 Bridge 2000ft summits of the main Coniston group from White Maiden to Wetherlam- 14 mile 4000ft ascent&period; Wore my new KSB mountain boots&period;Thin covering of snow on frozen ground&comma; using my walker's ice axe as a precaution on hard sloping patches of snow&period; Cloud on & off with some magical moments when the sun broke through&period;

Chris Pearson

18/03/1984

TC&comma; EC&period; Beautiful Summer's day&period; Walked from the B&B in Little Langdale to do the Little Langdale Horseshoe

TopCat1959

25/08/1983

From Coniston Old Man&period;

Eddie

11/12/1982

climbed during period I lived in the district&period;

abrannon

01/06/1982

and also 18&sol;09&sol;1983&semi; 11&sol;12&sol;1985&semi;

Ian G7KXV

15/02/1981

and 27&sol;9&sol;1992

Dunlawyering

27/05/1980

Also on 08&sol;08&sol;2017 with GB when doing the surrounding Birketts&period;

From Swirl How&period; Stroll over to top&period; and back&period; to Wetherlam&period;

arranc

30/03/1975

With&colon; ibr&semi; Day1&colon; Ian & I were dropped off in Coniston & walked up Walna Scar Rd to Boo Tarn then up Miner's Track on to Old Man&period; Over Brim Fell & Swirl How then down over Great Carrs to Wrynose Pass&period; Camped at Red Tarn&period;

First visit on a Torver to Langdale Boddington Hall walk&period; We kept to the highest ground all the way from Dow Crag to Crinkle Crags&period; Higher summits were in the cloud and Cold Pike to Crinkle Crags had some confusing moments as experienced mountaineers forgot compasses&period; I've kept mine in my cag ever since &lpar;except when using it&comma; of course&rpar;&period; Subsequently&comma; this summit has been part of a Coniston fells walk and the most obvious- the round of Greenburn- is the best&period;

pwheeler

10/03/1974

With&colon; crgs&semi; Little Langdale Circuit&period; From Fell Foot up Greenburn then up to Wetherlam&period; Down over Black Sails & up prison band to Swirl How&period; Then N to Great Carrs to Little Carrs & Hell Gill Pike then down Wet Side Edge to Fell Foot&period;